A Day in the Life of a Multi-Disciplined Healthcare IT ContractorFollow one Senior Analyst as she tackles the daily challenges of supporting an Environmental Waste and remediation program that has not had the advantage of stuctured or applied Information Technology support. There is little understanding from clients of IT at all, and the mentality is the IT folks should do everything from fix computers to plan and implement large scale system implementation. Each week and sometimes day is a challenge with all types of requests being submitted. If you want to learn to be all around IT specialist, this is the job for you

A Day in the Life of an Information Security InvestigatorInterested in information security? Like a good mystery? Addicted to shows like CSI? Want to see real-life challenges posed to an investigator with over 18 years of experience? You'll find the entire casefile library here for your reading pleasure. Not only are the educational and entertaining, but highly addictive. You've been warned!

A Moment of Clarity"A Moment of Clarity" deals with a range of topical IT strategy and architecture issues. The common theme is how IT organizations can best serve the business by aligning with business strategy. Topics will include Enterprise Architecture, Service Oriented Architectures, Agile methods, augmented development tools, and more.

A Year in the Life of a BSD GuruFollow the ups and downs of a BSD sysadmin, trainer, author and advocate while gaining insight into the BSD community and what it is like to live in the shadow of Linux, BSD's younger but flashier cousin.

An Expert's Guide to Network & Systems ManagementAndrew Kramer is a self- described IT junkie, a frequent presenter on IT Service Management, ITIL, network, systems, and application performance management. Follow along as he shares his experience, keeps you informed of current buzzwords, and addresses key issues many of you have faced, will face, or may be facing right now.

Application Lifecycle ManagementI am trying to throw useless theories under the bus, connect useful theories to reality, and cut down to what really works and why. Welcome to the harsh reality of mixing people and technology together and calling it a software project.

BPEL BitsThis blog is about all things BPEL (Business Process Execution Language). Topics covered will include: how BPEL relates to the "web" of standards; how BPEL enables business agility and empowers maximizing the ROI in SOA; the current and developing BPEL technology, vendor, and product landscape; best practices for BPEL process design, development, and maintenance; and reusable BPEL samples that solve real-world problems.

Care & Feeding of the Micro Business UserFollow this Technology Coach, consultant, and sometimes guru as he deals with the everyday issues that hamper the use of computers in the micro (3-15 users) business environment.

Career Change: Finding a Place in the IT WorldWhat challenges does a successful business manager face in transitioning to a career in IT? Follow this experienced Marketing Executive as he pursues a Master’s Degree in Information Technology, sharing his experiences, discoveries, and learnings as he navigates the challenging shift from the business world to the IT world.

Chicken Soup for the DBA's SoulA reflective look at life in IT from a DBA manager's perspective. Here I will share technical tips, management tips, stories and personal perspectives on life in the IT world. I will focus on several topics including best practices, employment, database administration (Oracle and SQL Server), IT service delivery, management and operations.

Cloud Views: Application Delivery in the CloudFollow Larry Cone on his journey into the Cloud. Join this experienced participant in the software product and development scene as he peers through the overcast and lets the sunshine in. Larry comments on the Cloud environment, the players and participants, and the tools and techniques that will propel adoption of Cloud Computing, and change the IT landscape into a cloudscape.

Corporate Portfolio ManagementInsights, pragmatic discussion, and conversation about corporate portfolio management, innovation and cost optimization as well as general business hilarity. Whether you call it enterprise portfolio management, IT portfolio management, project portfolio management, investment optimization or some other term, efforts at optimizing your resource allocation are key to long term organizational success.
I abhor unproductive complexity and am wary of many of the purported elixirs out there (most software 'solutions', scorecards, dashboards).
The insights in this blog are the result of work in the trenches building what is regarded as one of the most successful corporate portfolio management disciplines within a large organization at American Express.